Ash-sifter



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UNITED STATES T. IV. BROWN, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

ASH-SIFTER..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47.615, dated May E), 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. W. BROWN, of Watertown, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ash-Sitters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawin gs, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a section of my ash-sitter taken on the line .fr of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Similar letters 0i' reference indicate like p irts.

This invention consists in a novel arrangements of parts in an ash-sifter whereby the sieve is inelosed in a box whose top is hinged to forni a cover, the lower part of the box bei ig made a receptacle for the. fine ashes and refuse.

A represents the box, which in both gures is shown closed. It is made in this example in the forni of a parallelopiped. Its top is hinged behind at e, so that it may be raised to open the box, and a portion, A', of the front side of the box is secured near tothe front edge of the cover, so as to be raised with it, d being the line on which the front side aforesaid is divided. When the cover is down, it is secured by means of a hook, e, which holds the parts A and A2 of the front side of the box together. A semicircular opening is made in each of the said parts A' and A2 on the line of their separation, to form a round hole to receive the handle F of the sieve E. Two cleats, b, are fixed within the box along its sides to form ways for the sieve E to slide upon to and fro.

The device is wide enough to reach across the box from side to side, but only about half its length, so as to allow a great extent of movement to be given to it in a longitudinal direction. The sieve has a bottom, e, of wirecloth.

The part of the box below the sieve is designated by the letter C, and is a receptacle for the tine ashes which pass the sieve. Access is had to it through a door, I), made in the back end of the box, which is so hinged at f as to open upward. The cover B ofthe bex is raised by means of a handle, a.

This ash-sitter may be used in any apartment, since it may be operated, if the coveris down and the door D is closed, without allowing the ashes to escape. When it is to be used, the cover is raised andthe cinders to be sifted are placed in the sieve E. The cover is then fastened down close by means ot' its hook and the door D closed, when the sieve is pushed back and forth en the ways b by means of the handle F. After the light dust and ashes have had time to settle within the box the cover may be raised and any elinkers or slate remaining' in the sieve may be taken out and dropped into the part C below without occasioning any annoyance from dirt. The ashes and refuse in the part C may be afterward removed through the door D, and the sieve E can be lifted out and emptied.

A cleanly and convenient ashsil`ter is very desirable to economical housekeepers, and the advantages of the construction above shown will be obvious to such persons.

I do not claim inclosing a sieve within a tight box; but,

Having thus described my invention I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the cover B, hinged at e, and having a downwardly-projectiug front, A', the sieve E, handle F, and back door, D, all the said parts being constructed and arranged as and for the purpose herein specified.

Witnesses: T. W. BRUWN.

DAVID A. GARDNER, CHARLES D. CARROLL. 

